It does not matter if you a Vol.Or paid firefighter what does this job mean to you????
2006-12-26 07:24:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
It is a hard thing to put into words. It is not about the glory, or getting women. It is a way to give back, but more importantly, it is the brotherhood that we have with our comrades.
You have to be able to trust your fellow firefighters with your life, and they have to be able to trust you. It takes a special kind of person to overcome the natural urges to get the heck away from a burning building, rather than to go in.
Every time we get a call, we know that it may be the last time. We never know what we are going to run into on the scene. Is the house a home with children, or is is being used a a Methamphetamine lab? You never know, so you have to rely on your training and your partners to try to do the job, and have all of you go back home!
Firefighters end up with a slightly different view of life. There is a bond between firefighters, even folks who have never met. Whenever we lose a firefighter, it is actually the loss of a family member. We are not related by blood, but rather the bond is forged in flame!
If you ask any firefighter if they would have gone into the Twin Towers, knowing what they know now, they will all give the same basic answer. "If there is a chance that I can save a life, I am going in!"
2006-12-26 12:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by fire4511 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a whole other life. I've been a firefighter for 9 years now and couldn't imagine being anything else. The fire dept is my home away from home. It's wonderful to be surrounded by others that share in your passion. It's amazing how you grow to love these guys and girls just as you do your own family, hell they are my family. It's not a job by no means it's an obsession. How many jobs do you hear when a member is lost 4 states away from you that will make all other employees at a company feel pain and sence of loss from someone they have never seen. Firefighters may have a big ego and talk a lot of bull but we all also have huge hearts under our turnout.
2006-12-27 05:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by crystalshannon516 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't bean firefighters, nor do I get in their way. It's not a good idea to throw things at them.
2006-12-26 11:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not a job its a marriage. Its somthing in your blood and you never lose it. My girl knows that it is the most important thing in my life and follows that accordingly. ff/emt
2006-12-27 02:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by luken5 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dangerous, but since women are attracted to men in uniforms, it's worth the risk.
(I'm kidding here, folks)
2006-12-26 12:05:20 · answer #5 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋